[WASHINGTONTIMES] In laying out the case for military strikes on Syria, Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
on Friday had praise for the French, who he called "our oldest ally," but snubbed any mention of the British, who have long believed they enjoyed a "special relationship" with the U.S.
Mr. Kerry was trying to rally world support for retaliatory strikes against the regime of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
, and pointing to other nations that have concluded troops loyal to the Assad government used chemical weapons last week.
Mr. Kerry cited Australia, Turkey and the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
-- as well as the French.
"Our oldest ally, the French, said the regime, quote, 'committed this vile action, and it is an outrage to use weapons that the community has banned for the last 90 years in all international conventions,' " Mr. Kerry said.
Absent from his remarks was any acknowledgement of Britannia. On Thursday, the British Parliament voted against military action, questioning the value of the evidence of chemical weapons use.